Throughout history, most spinners have also used a simple device called a distaff. A distaff is a wooden board, sometimes plain but often intricately carved, to which the raw material is tied, and ...

I made this distaff and spindle of cherry and then applied a mahogany stain. The distaff is a single piece of wood; the spindle is two separate pieces. On one side of the distaff I carved vines using ...

Female suffrage arrived in Argentina in 1947 with Law 13,010, more commonly known as the “Ley Evita” after Eva Perón who ...

View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2025 VOBIS Gold Distaff. The VOBIS Gold Distaff will be run on Saturday, 15 March ...

View the results and replay for the 2025 VOBIS Gold Distaff. The VOBIS Gold Distaff was raced at Caulfield racecourse on ...

Trainer Chad Brown's dominance of the North American turf ranks continued Saturday in the Grade 2 $665,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes, saddling the top three finishers, led by Chili Flag.

Miss Code West has never lost to Oklahoma-bred fillies and mares, and she has won five-of-six starts on the main track at ...